Card for congratulation and advertisement purposes



March 30, 1937. J RElMANN 2,075,134

CARD FOR CONGRATULATION AND ADVERTISEMENT PURPOSES Filed Jan. 20, 1936 aI fave/2551':

- '1 n a dmhim 9 Patented Mar. 30, 1937 UNITED STATES CARD FORCONGRATULATION AND ADVERTISEMENT PURPOSES Julius Iteimann, Hamm, GermanyApplication January 20, 1936, Serial No. 59,943

Claims.

The object of the invention is to provide a foldable card or cardboard,strong paper or like material, which can be used for congratulation aswell as for advertisement purposes, and which 5 can be also be used as atoy. Said card according to the invention is provided with an indiarubber mechanism or other suitable flexible means, which can bestretched and fixed in its stretched condition to the interior of thecard by suitable means when the card is folded. As long as the cardremains in folded condition the mechanism will remain stretched, but assoon as the folded card is opened the mechanism will return to itsnormal condition. Fur

thermore the card, according to the invention, contains an article whichis connected with the india rubber mechanism in such a way that the samewill be thrown out and away from the card by the india rubber mechanismas soon as the card is opened.

The article to be thrown out from the card by the india rubber mechanismmay be of any suitable form. For instance, when using the card forcongratulation purposes, the article may consist of a bouquet of flowerspunched out of paper or cardboard, or for the same purpose it may be therepresentation of a lucky fellow or the like. When the card is used foradvertisement purposes, the article may be an imitation of thecommending goods, also punched out of paper or any other suitablematerial.

Preferably, the india rubber mechanism is formed and fastened to thecard as follows:

In the middle section of the card four holes 30 are provided, which arelocated in said section in a manner corresponding to the four end pointsof a trapeze. Through said four holes an endless india rubber or otherflexible card is drawn in such a way that on the inside of the card,that 40 is the picture side, a short and a long piece of the indiarubber cord corresponding to the parallel sides of the trapeze arevisible. ticle to be thrown out is provided at one end 4: portion withsuitable prongs or tacks, which are adapted to be placed over and engagethe longer piece of the india rubber cord, and on its lower end portionor lower side, the article is provided with a small foot which isadapted to be placed under the shorter india rubber piece, whereby thelonger piece of the cord will be drawn toward the shorter piece. Underthe smaller india rubber piece, I arrange an elongated article or memberwhich is adapted to be rotated in a manner 55 hereinafter described.This IQtatable member The ar- I is twisted once or several times withthe short india rubber cord, and then one of its ends is passed througha'slot in one of the side sections of the card to be folded over thepicture or central section. In this way the india rubber mechanism isstretched and held in its stretched condition on the central section ofthe folded card. Now then, if the card is opened, the end of therotatable member is pushed out of the slot in the outer card section orcover, whereby the india rubber mechanism is disengaged, so that thearticle showing the congratulation or advertisement is thrown out fromthe card. I

In the accompanying drawing by way of ex-' ample a form of constructionof the card according to the invention is illustrated, wherein picturesorletters usually appearing on such cards are omitted as they areunessential for the invention.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my device showing the inside of theopened card.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the article to be thrown out, for instance animitation of a boquet of flowers punched out of cardboard or the likematerial.

r Fig. 3 is a plan view of an elongated member in the form of apropeller for stretching and holding the india rubber mechanism inposition.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showing the parts in position onthe central section of the card.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of my improved card in partly foldedcondition.

The card consists of the middle or central section a, and the side oroutersections b and c,

which canbe folded one over the other. In the middle section a fourholes d are provided, which are distributed over said part or section ina manner corresponding to the four end points of a trapeze. Throughthese four holes anendless india rubber cord or other flexible means eis drawn or threaded in such a way that a short and a long piece of saidcord e corresponding to the parallel sides of the trapeze are visible onthe inside of the card. On this card I arrange an article i to be thrownout by the india rubber mechanism (in the example shown the articlerepresents an imitation of a boquet of flowers), and an elongated memberg (in the example given the member being in the form of a propeller) forstretching the india rubber mechanism and causing the latter to hold thearticle in position on the card. In the side section b of the card aslot h is provided.

When folding thecard the indie rubber mecha-' nism is stretched asfollows (see Fig. 4 of the drawing) The article to be thrown out isprovided at-its upper end portion with tacks or 5 prongs i and on itslower side with a narrowed part It. With said tacks or prongs ithearticle f r is suspended ,over the greater visible part of the 7 indiarubber cord e and is then pulled downwardly toward the smaller visiblepart until its nar- 10 rowed partjc comes under the smaller visible partof said cord 2. The elongated'member g is also positioned under thesmaller part of the india rubber cord e between said cord and the footis of the article f. Thereupon, themember g, for the purpose ofstretching the india rubber cord e, is turned'once or several times forinstance, in a clockwise direction. Afterwards the outer'sections'b, c,are folded overc'the central section a of the card, and one end of themember g is passed through the slot h of the cardcover or section b.

If new the cover of the 'card is opened, the member g will be releasedfrom the slot h, and swing in a counter-clockwisedirection; Thestretched india rubber cord 6 will return to its normal unstretchedcondition, thereby throwing the article 1 showing the congratulation oradvertisement out of thecard. a What I claim is: a

. 1. In a device of the character described, a card, an elastic bandlooselyconnected to the card and having a plurality of spaced stripportions, anra'rticle engaging one of said strip portions and adapted toholdthesame temporarily under;tension and in bowed condition, arotatable I member twisted about the; other strip portion for clampingsaid article tothe card, and a flap on the cardhaving means engageablewith the rotatable member for holding the same under tension exerted bythe last mentioned strip portion, 40 whereby when thefiap is opened therotatable member will be released and th'e elastic band in contractingwill-turn: the rotatable member to allow it to release the articleandthe article will beprop'elledby theband, I V a 2. In a device of'thecharacter described, a cardincluding a central section and a foldingflap, an elasticrb and' loosely connected to the central section andhaving an upper strand portion and a lower, strand portion, said strandportions being arranged parallel to one another, an article engaging theupper strand portion and adapted to hold thesame temporarily undertension and in bowedcondition, a rotatable member twisted about thelower strand portion for clamping the article to the card, and means onsaid folding flap engageable with the rotatable member for holdingthesame under tension exerted by the 'lower strand portion, whereby whenthe flap is i opened the rotatable member will be released and thelowerstrand portion in contracting will turn the rotatable member toallow it to release the a article and the article will be propelled bythe upper strand portion.

.3. In a device of the character described, a,

card an elastic band loosely connected to the card, saidfelastic bandhaving spaced parallel strip portions arranged on the upper surface ofsaid card and other strip portions arranged on the under surface of saidcard and joining the ends of said parallel strip portions, an articleengaging one of said parallel strip portions and adapted to hold thesame temporarily under-tension and in bowed condition, a rotatablemember twisted about the other parallel strip portion for clamping saidarticle to the upper surface ofcthe card,an'da flap on the card havingmeans engageable with the rotatable member for holding the same undertension exerted by the last mentioned strip portion, whereby when theflap is opened the rotatable member will be released and the elasticband in contracting will turn the rotatablemember to allow it to releasethe article and the article willbe propelled by the band.

4. In a device of the character described, a card, an elastic bandloosely connected to the card and having a plurality of spaced stripportions, an article engaging one of said strip portions and adapted tohold the same temporarily under tension and in bowed condition, arotat-V able member twisted about the other strip portion for clampingsaid article to the card, said member having wing portions at its outerend,-

and a flap on the card having a. slot engageable with one wing portionof the rotatable member for holding the member under tension exerted bythe last mentioned strip portion, whereby when the flap is opened therotatable member will be released and the elastic band in contractingwill turn the rotatable member to allow it to releasethe article and thearti'clewill' be propell'ed by the band;

5. In a device of the character described, a card having a centralsection and a folding flap,

an elastic band loosely connected to the central section and having anupper strip portion and a lower strip portion, saidstrip portions beingarranged parallel to one another and in spaced relation, anarticlearranged between said strip portions, detachably engaging theupper strip portion and adapted to hold the same temporarily undertension and in bowed condition, arotatable member twisted about thelower strip portion for clamping the article to the card, said foldingflap having a slot engageable with the rotatable member for holding thesame under tension exerted by the lower strip portion, whereby when theflap is opened the rotatable member will be released and the lower stripportion in contracting will turn the rotatable member to allow it torelease the article and the article the upper strip portion.

a V JULIUS REIMANN.

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